Mixed Race Studies
Scholarly perspectives on the mixed race experience.
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- You were either Black or white. To claim whiteness as a mixed child was to deny and hide Blackness. Our families understood that the world we were growing into would seek to denigrate this part of us and we would need a community that was made up, always and already, of all shades of Blackness.
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Category: Passing
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Anchored by Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga, ‘Passing’ on Netflix tells the story of racial passing back in 1920s New York. But it’s more relevant, and personal, than ever
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We can’t blame students for fabricating stories of hardship
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Belle de Costa Greene: Library Director, Advocate, and Rare Books Expert. Headlines & Heroes: Newspapers, Comics, & More Fine Print Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2022-02-08 Joanna Colclough, Reference Librarian Serial and Government Publications Division Belle de Costa Greene, Oct. 1, 1929. Photograph by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints…
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A thrilling gothic horror novel about biracial twin sisters separated at birth, perfect for fans of “Lovecraft Country” and “The Vanishing Half”
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What few outside his family and close friends knew at that time: Taffy Abel was Native American – the first Indigenous athlete to carry the flag at the Olympics. Within days he’d become the first Native American to win a medal in winter games history.
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“It really gave me an access point into the history of my family that otherwise would have remained hidden,” the first-time director says